USDA Blog

OCTOBER 2, 2024

One of these programs is the USDA Process Verified Program (PVP).

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Farmers Weekly

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Farmers Weekly Planning requirements for onshore wind farms have been relaxed by government ministers, which should help streamline the construction process.

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Civil Eats

AUGUST 12, 2024

At Argus Farm Stop, the shelves are full of locally raised vegetables and fruit, herbs, beef, chicken, fish, and more. Beets from one local farm snuggle up against sunchokes from another, across eggs from yet another. Argus represents an emerging business model, the farm stop, which connects consumers and farmers in a local food web.

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Food Politics

AUGUST 9, 2024

The persistence of family farming is among the most surprising facts about the economics of food. and elsewhere most farms do not sell directly to consumers but operate behind the scenes, selling their produce in bulk to specialists for transport and distribution, often for use as ingredients in packaged and processed foods.

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Food Politics

JULY 26, 2024

A Call to Farms: Reconnecting to Nature, Food, and Community in a Modern World. I did a blurb for Jennifer Grayson’s previous book, Unlatched: The Evolution of Breastfeeding and the Making of a Controversy , and was happy to have the chance to blurb this one too, not least because “A Call to Farms” is such a great title.

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Food Tank

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Trisha and Nolan Zachman farm in a small town two hours west of Minneapolis, Minnesota. As a fourth-generation farmer, Trisha says that her farm today looks a lot different from her childhood. Trisha grew up farming with her family, and she knew she would one day raise her own family on a farm.

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Farmers Weekly

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Farmers Weekly Defra has created a new, single landing page for farmers in England considering or preparing to apply for the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI). The new website aims to simplify the online application process and encourage as many eligible farmers as possible to register their interest in joining the scheme.

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Modern Farmer

AUGUST 12, 2024

That’s how a farmer who used to work for Perdue described his chicken house—a sight so upsetting that it led him to transition out of this kind of work, often referred to as “factory farming.” There are small, medium and large CAFOs, with the largest of these embodying the truest definition of a “factory farm.”

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Agric4profits

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Organic farming is an agricultural method that emphasizes the use of natural processes and materials to cultivate crops and raise livestock. It avoids synthetic

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Civil Eats

JUNE 5, 2024

This is commonly regarded as the first introduction of plastic into agriculture, a move that would transform modern farming—and inadvertently deposit an untold amount of plastic in the soil. In the decades that followed, this cheap, pliant material spread through farms across the U.S.

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Modern Farmer

AUGUST 13, 2024

It is very hard for most people to know what to do to organize against the threats presented by factory farming in their community. Align yourself with a supporting organization Food and Water Watch addresses factory farming on a big-picture scale. Jennifer Breon of Food and Water Watch Iowa echoes this point. “I

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Farmers Weekly

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Among all the glitter and razzamatazz, my already fragile belief in my own farming abilities is quickly shaken as a procession of farmers are invited to the stage […] The post Opinion: My days of buying cheap heifers are over appeared first on Farmers Weekly

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Civil Eats

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Ronald Leimgruber farms 3,500 of those acres. Given the lack of rain in the region, Leimgruber says he has “about seven” different irrigation projects on his farm, where he grows an array of crops, including carrots, lettuce, watermelon, and hay. Farming in the Arid West Illustration by Nhatt Nichols. Field and Robert W.

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NASDA

JANUARY 22, 2024

They include the 2024 Farm Bill , food safety , labor reform , pesticide regulation and PFAS. Labor Reform Farmers and ranchers need a legal, reliable guest worker program that provides a workforce that supports farms and ranches and treats workers respectfully. NASDA CEO Ted McKinney remarked on the gravity of these issues for 2024.

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Farmers Weekly

OCTOBER 2, 2023

However, a farm business consultancy visit courtesy of processing giant ABP has challenged him to save up to […] The post Cost-focused Angus herd targets further £8 a cow savings appeared first on Farmers Weekly Ian Norbury at Mobberley Angus, near Wilmslow, has already made huge profitability gains (see “Banked improvements”).

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USDA Blog

AUGUST 13, 2024

When purchasing food, many consumers look for information on where the food came from and how it was produced. No antibiotics, cage-free, and grass-fed are a few marketing claims consumers find on protein-based food packaging.

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Real Agriculture

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Working, reliable equipment is a necessity on the farm, and we dont just mean the tractors. Pieces of portable equipment such as augers and conveyors can easily be forgotten in the rush to get the job done, but the process of reviewing equipment that is on the farm, and then making the decision to repair Read More

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

By October 1, Congress will need to fund the government for Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 and determine how to extend ( again ) the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (2018 Farm Bill). The complicated and unique FY2024 appropriations process was a product of the times. This post examines where both tasks stand as September begins.

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Sustainable Food Trust

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Once they would have been joined by many other families whose produce fed the local population and whose farms were within Bristol’s city boundary. A hundred years ago, according to Catherine, there were 28 farms in South Bristol alone, several of them tenanted by her ancestors.

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Civil Eats

JANUARY 14, 2025

Their business had been booming in Florida, where they farmed citrus and vegetables. But after a family member died, they decided to pack up and head to land they owned just outside of Fayetteville, North Carolina, to process their loss in a new place. But their fresh start quickly turned sour. We could have ended up with nothing.

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Agric4profits

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Snail farming which is also known as snail rearing or snail production (Heliculture) is the process of raising edible land snails, primarily for human consumpti

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Agric4profits

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

The success of farm management depends on the capacity and ability of the farmer to make correct decisions. Decision-making is one of the crucial functions of a farm manager. The total system can be improved and streamlined through research and educational programs.

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Agric4profits

JANUARY 12, 2025

Organic Cinnamon farming focuses on growing cinnamon without synthetic chemicals, fostering sustainable practices. This process ensures minimal environmental impact while enhancing the flavor and aroma of the cinnamon. This process ensures minimal environmental impact while enhancing the flavor and aroma of the cinnamon.

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NASDA

JULY 25, 2024

We write to express our gratitude for your efforts to advance the 2024 farm bill within your jurisdictions and to seek your continued support for passing this critical legislation before the end of the year. We look forward to working with you to bring a bipartisan 2024 farm bill to fruition. Thank you for considering our request.

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Agric4profits

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

Snail farming (Heliculture) otherwise known as snail rearing can be defined as the process of raising edible land snails, primarily for human consumption or cos

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Western FarmPress

DECEMBER 22, 2024

Hoosier Perspectives: Try doing this activity with your family to kick-start the farm transition planning process.

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Civil Eats

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

It’s a tedious but worthwhile process: drying mushrooms, vegetables, and herbs, making pickles and slaw, and preserving garlic blossoms and coriander seeds in airtight jars before these ingredients vanish with the end of the season. Come February, we have this very short farm list. Toward the end of winter, it gets a little.

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Agric4profits

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Snail farming also known as snail rearing or Heliculture or Heliciculture is the process of raising snails for subsistence or commercial purposes. Snails are He

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Civil Eats

APRIL 3, 2024

Forbes declared that, “Urban Farming Has a Shockingly High Climate Cost,” a headline that was outright wrong in terms of the study’s findings. Earth.com led with a single, out-of-context data point: “Urban agriculture’s carbon footprint is 6x greater than normal farms.”

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Civil Eats

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

About 5 miles off the coast of Santa Barbara, California, a vast swath of giant kelp— Macrocystis pyriferia , which can grow nearly 3 feet per day—sways just below the surface of one of the world’s first open-ocean seaweed farms. seaweed farm of 1 to 4 acres—and a new frontier for ocean farming. seaweed industry.

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Agric4profits

FEBRUARY 9, 2025

Farm business analysis is the process of retrieving, organizing, processing, and analyzing information used in farm business decision-making. Managers must respond swiftly to changes in the prices of inputs and products to maintain farm profitability.

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Civil Eats

JUNE 27, 2024

Five years ago, the American farmed-seaweed industry barely existed. As for kelp farms, though, there were only a smattering of them in Maine, selling products to restaurants or natural-foods stores. As for kelp farms, though, there were only a smattering of them in Maine, selling products to restaurants or natural-foods stores.

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Modern Farmer

MARCH 7, 2024

Visitors to Topaz Farm on Sauvie Island just outside of Portland, Oregon last October didn’t encounter a corn maze but rather a kid’s maze cut through a field of sorghum. It’s easier on the soil, explains Kat Topaz, who owns the farm along with Jim Abeles. We call ourselves an ‘experience farm,’” says Topaz.

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Agric4profits

JANUARY 3, 2025

Organic breadfruit farming focuses on growing breadfruit trees without synthetic chemicals, ensuring a natural, sustainable production process. Organic breadfruit farming thrives in tropical regions where breadfruit trees naturally grow, requiring fertile soil and adequate rainfall.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Credit: USDA Editor’s Note: This post is the sixth post in a multi-part series exploring some of the key sustainable agriculture and food systems challenges that the farm bill can address. Farming is one of the hardest careers to pursue, in-part due to high startup costs. This post examines access to credit for farmers.

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Civil Eats

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Until a few years ago, Songbird Farm in Unity, Maine, grew wheat, rye, oats, and corn, as well as an array of vegetables in three high tunnel greenhouses, and supported a community-supported agriculture (CSA) program for over 100 customers. Some farms were able to stop production temporarily while they identified possible solutions.

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Sustainable Food Trust

JULY 2, 2024

The next government should make sustainable food and farming key to the future economy, addressing climate change, restoring nature and re-building public health. Farming has arguably never been so prominent within the political agenda as over the last 12 months.

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